supernumeraries

plural of supernumerary

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extras
Noun
  • Subscribe to the Eat Drink Freep newsletter for extras and insider scoops on Detroit-area dining.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Players can’t receive help from the coaching staff, other players or anyone else when deciding whether or not to challenge, and if a team runs out of challenges it will be stuck unless the game goes to extras, at which point they’d be awarded one more.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Supernumeraries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supernumeraries. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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